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Can mean platelet volume and mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio be used as a diagnostic marker for sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome?

Selma Ates, Hafıze Oksuz, Bırsen Dogu, Fulsen Bozkus, Hasan Ucmak and Fadime Yanıt
Saudi Medical Journal October 2015, 36 (10) 1186-1190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.10718
Selma Ates
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Hafıze Oksuz
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Bırsen Dogu
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Fulsen Bozkus
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Hasan Ucmak
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Fadime Yanıt
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases (Ates, Ucmak, Yanit), the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Oksuz, Dogu), and the Department of Chest Diseases (Bozkus), Avsar Campus, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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